Kilbolane Castle

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Kilbolane Castle
Kilbolane Castle ruins

Kilbolane Castle ruins

Creation time : 15th or 16th century
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Irish nobility
Construction: Quarry stone
Place: Milford
Geographical location 52 ° 20 '14.1 "  N , 8 ° 50' 48.7"  W Coordinates: 52 ° 20 '14.1 "  N , 8 ° 50' 48.7"  W.
Height: 145  m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference
Kilbolane Castle (Ireland)
Kilbolane Castle

Kilbolane Castle ( Irish Caisleán Chill Bhláin ) is the ruins of a historic fort on the Kilbolane Hill , about 500 meters north of the village of Milford in the Irish County Cork . The Niederungsburg was built in the 15th or 16th century, but in the Norman style of the 13th century with high walls to which round watchtowers were added, surrounded by a moat , similar to Liscarroll Castle or Ballincollig Castle .

The site on which the castle stands belonged to the church. The Bishops of Cloyne were owned by 1291 according to the Pipe Roll of Cloyne. According to Father Vaughan , the Synans were interested in the place before moving to the Doneraile area . Kilbolane Castle was soon after the arrival of Strongbow and the Anglo-Normans built, probably as a fortress for the De Cogans . They later acquired the Earls of Desmond and the FitzGibbon branch of the FitzGeralds . In 1587 the castle was loaned to Hugo Cuffe , who, however, had no real power in the area, and in 1590 it fell indirectly back to the FitzGibbons when it was loaned to Sir William Power , the husband of Helena FitzGibbon .

Kilbolane Castle was destroyed by Cromwell's army in 1642 , leaving only two of the towers intact. When the remains of the old church were removed, the Synans family grave, dated 1446, was moved to the new building.

The east tower of the castle was acquired by Captain John Nicholls , who had a one-storey house built on the enclosure wall and bequeathed the property to his eldest grandson, John Bowen . John Bowen had the construction of Kilbolane House at the end of the castle gardens begin soon after 1695. A new church was built in 1832, largely at the expense of the Reverend J. Bruce with the assistance of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland .

In 1897 Hannigan bought the ruins of Kilbolane Castle, which had stood empty for several years. The south tower and the western part of the wall are now intact and are maintained by the Board of Works . The view from the southwest gives an impression of the magnificence of the castle with its high walls and its menacing tower. The castle ruins are considered a national monument .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kilbolane Castle . Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c d James Healy: The Castles of County Cork . The Mercier Press, Cork and Dublin 1988. ISBN 0-85342-876-X .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Milford Historical Society, Volume I, I output . Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ Other sources give the period of destruction 1649–1653.

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